Joseph Maria von Radowitz (General)
Joseph Maria von Radowitz (born July 29, 1899 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 31, 1956 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German officer , lieutenant general in World War II and most recently major general in the German Bundeswehr .
Life
Radowitz served as an officer in the First World War . After the war he switched to the Reichswehr . During the Second World War he was in command of the 23rd Panzer Division .
Radowitz headed the acceptance point in the newly established Bundeswehr of the Federal Republic of Germany.
He was buried with military honors in the cemetery in Kleiningersheim (municipality of Ingersheim). His tombstone is still there today (as of 2018).
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
- German cross in gold on February 9, 1944
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on September 17, 1944
- Oak leaves on May 9, 1945
Individual evidence
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 164.
- ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 104 .
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| SURNAME | Radowitz, Joseph Maria von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Radowitz, Joseph Maria Hermann Ernst Peter Hans von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, lieutenant general in the Second World War and most recently major general in the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bad Wiessee |